Sekirov Dictionary

stop

/stɒp/

noun 22
verb 16
forms 7
phrases 19

noun22

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An action of stopping; interruption of travel.
- That stop was not planned.
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a place, often with a sign, where a bus or train waits to let people get on and off
- They agreed to meet at the bus stop.
A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.
(UK, informal) Ellipsis of full stop.
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That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.
- So melancholy a prospect should inspire us with zeal to oppose some stop to the rising torrent. — 1729
A device intended to block the path of a moving object
A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought.
A member, plain or moulded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts.
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A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.
- The organ is loudest when all the stops are pulled.
One of the vent-holes in a wind instrument, or the place on the wire of a stringed instrument, by the stopping or pressing of which certain notes are produced.
A unit of exposure corresponding to a doubling of the brightness of an image.
An f-stop.
A save; preventing the opposition from scoring a goal.
A consonant sound in which the passage of air is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis.
A part of a photographic system that reduces the amount of light.
The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.
A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.
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The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.
- The stop in a bulldog's face is very marked.
A coup d'arret, or stop thrust.
The squark that is the superpartner of a top quark.
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A marking on a rabbit's hind foot.
- The American Rabbit Breeders Association holds that the stops of a Dutch rabbit should be white from the toes to one third of the way along the foot.
(dialect, UK) A small well-bucket; a milk-pail.

verb16

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To cease moving.
- I stopped at the traffic lights.
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To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
- The sight of the armed men stopped him in his tracks.
- This guy is a fraudster. I need to stop the cheque I wrote him.
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Not to continue.
- The riots stopped when police moved in.
- Soon the rain will stop.
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To cease; to no longer continue.
- One of the wrestlers suddenly stopped fighting.
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To cause (something) to come to an end.
- The referees stopped the fight.
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To interrupt, prevent or end the activity of someone or something.
- Don't let me stop you working.
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To quit partaking in the use of or participation in (something).
- She stopped heroin last year.
- He stopped football to focus on acting.
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To close or block an opening.
- He stopped the wound with gauze.
- Rotten leaves and branches have stopped the gutter.
To make fast; to stopper.
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To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily.
- He stopped for two weeks at the inn.
- He stopped at his friend's house before continuing with his drive.
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To adjust the aperture of a camera lens.
- To achieve maximum depth of field, he stopped down to an f-stop of 22.
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To take out of service for repair, servicing or examination.
- The mechanical foreman is also present, and he gives a progress report of engines under repair and those stopped for their periodical routine examination. — 1960
To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part.
To pronounce (a phoneme) as a stop.
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To delay the purchase or sale of (a stock) while agreeing the price for later.
- It will be noted that the specialist would have refused to stop the stock for broker X if he (the specialist) had only one order to sell at 85. — 1952
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(no longer used) To punctuate.
- [Francesco] Guicciardini, if his sentences were properly stopt, would be found in general both full and concise, whatever may be asserted to the contrary by the fastidious and inattentive. — 1826

forms

stopp'd · stopped · stoppedst · stopping · stoppeth · stops · stoppest

Phrases with stop

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